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With preliminary results in from all 16 precincts on Wednesday, Republican challenger Michael Pantelides is leading the race by just 84 votes over Democratic incumbent Josh Cohen. Pantelides received 3,728 votes to Cohen's 3,644.

"We had anticipated we'd be 250 votes up, not the 84 that we are now," Pantelides said.

Election officials said there are still ballots from one broken voting machine in Ward 7 that have not been counted, as well as 327 uncounted absentee ballots that could decide the race.

Pantelides' staff met with election officials on Wednesday with some concern about the ballot counting process going forward. The Annapolis Board of Supervisors of Elections has not released information on the 327 absentee ballots requested and so-called emergency ballots requested the day of the election.

"No one's alleging that any wrongdoing's taken place, we just want to make sure everybody is following the same rules moving forward. Typically races don't come down to absentee ballots so for the most part it doesn't matter what they are because it doesn't determine the race," Pantelides said.

Cohen denied an on-camera interview on Wednesday, but released a statement to 11 News.

"Regardless of the final outcome, I am blessed to have had the opportunity to serve and give back to my hometown as mayor. Public service is truly its own reward. I have no regrets about the decisions of the past four years, am proud of all that we have accomplished together, and know that I fulfilled my duty to act in the best interests of the city," Cohen said in the statement.

The Annapolis Board of Supervisors of Elections will begin counting those ballots at 9 a.m. Thursday. The process can take up to two days.

Meanwhile, the mayor of Frederick will be staying in office for another term.

Incumbent Republican Randy McClement got about 49 percent of the vote Tuesday night. He beat out Democratic challenger Karen Lewis Young, who got 32 percent of the vote, and former Mayor Jennifer Dougherty, an unaffiliated candidate who got 19 percent of the vote.

Of the city's 35,498 registered voters, officials said 7,648 residents cast a ballot for a turnout of about 22 percent.